The Red Nation Podcast

Indigenous for Palestine  asked some of our comrades to reflect on what they had learned witnessing the Zionist genocide fuelled by US support, and Palestinian resistance in Gaza and beyond. These are their reflections. Contributions "Pae ʻĀina—Wide: P.L.O. Style" Kauwila Mahi https://indigenousforpalestine.org/2024/10/07/pae-%ca%bbaina-wide-p-l-o-style/ Settler "Self-Defense" and Native Liberatio...

The Red Nation marks Indigenous Peoples' Day 2024 with an online discussion moderated by Red Power Hour's Melanie Yazzie Speakers: Vivi Camacho ( @.luzfloreciendo ) Mohammed El-Kurd / @mohammedelkurd Monaeka Flores / @monaekaflores & Nick Estes / @nickwestes Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Next month is the 10th year anniversary of The Red Nation. The Red Nation i...

TRIGGER WARNING: sexual assault September 30, 2024 – Parents of youth attending Tuba City Boarding School organized a community gathering and rally outside the Navajo Police Department to demand justice and answers. Every Child Matters –  Community Rally in Tuba City, AZ September 30, 2 024 – Parents of youth attending Tuba City Boarding School organized a community gathering and rally outside the...

[Producer's note: This is the first half of a two-part episode! The second half will be released on the Patreon feed early access and on the main feed/YouTube channel next week! Sign up at the link below for as little as $2 a month to get access to other great bonus content and help support Red Media]   Red Power Hour is back! Co-hosts Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz take on Michael Mann's 1992 big...

In 1974, three Navajo men--John Earl Harvey, Herman Dodge Benally, and David Ignacio--were brutally beaten and murdered by white teenage settlers in the bordertown of Farmington, New Mexico. It was an act known as "Indian rolling." Diné grassroots leaders rose to this injustice by creating the Coalition for Navajo Liberation and the long hot summer of 1974 ensued. The marches and boycotts against...

Federal prosecutors have attempted to tie Indigenous political prisoner Leonard Peltier to the murder of fellow AIM activist, Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash. It is a frequent allegation that has relied on weak evidence and the charges of paid federal informants. In this episode, TRN Podcast co-host Nick Estes (@nickwestes) looks at several sources of information from key Indigenous activists who knew Leon...

TRN Podcast co-host Nick Estes ( @nickwestes ) speaks at  May Day Books marking the paperback publication of Our History is the Future   by Haymarket Books.   Recorded by Adam Biel.  The Red Nation Podcast is sustained by comrades and supporters like you. Power our work here:  www.patreon.com/redmediapr

TRN Podcast co-host Nick Estes ( @nickwestes) helms a solo episode on the absurd farce of the Democratic National Convention and the wider question of how to read the 2024 US presidential elections from a critical left anti-imperialist perspective. Watch the  video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel  The Red Nation Podcast is sustained by comrades and supporters like you. Power our...

Justine and another comrade debrief the 2nd. Encounter for a World Social Alternative: From Bolívar to Chávez. At the time of recording, they had just wrapped up the two-day event and had yet to witness the Venezuelan presidential elections later that week. Their initial reactions to the two-day panel series lay out the context of the Venezuelan elections, why the country is in the crosshairs of n...

The Little Earthers podcasters sat down with elders and residents of Little Earth United Tribes. Vinny Dionne (Turtle Mountain Chippewa), Jolene Jones (White Earth, Lac Courte Oreilles), Crow Bellecourt (Bad River) and Lori Ellis (White Earth) share their experiences living in the only American Indian preference low-income urban housing project. The Red Nation Podcast is sustained by comrades and...

Red Power Hour is back! Co-hosts Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz do a deep dive into the ideological underpinnings of the  Planet of the Apes prequels. Watch the  video edition  on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel The Red Nation Podcast is sustained by comrades and supporters like you. Power our work here:  www.patreon.com/redmediapr  

This episode covers the radical history of the Twin Cities, which evolved in a unique and dynamic historical conjuncture in the long 1960s as a site in which African American, American Indian and Mexican American communities were concentrated in an otherwise overwhelmingly white state. The emergence of Black Power, the American Indian Movement, and the Chicano Movement parallel and overlapping in...

Justine Teba and another comrade traveled to Venezuela to observe the 2024 Presidential Elections. In this episode, they discuss the elements that constitute the electoral system and the importance of autonomy in Venezuela's National Electoral Council. This episode was recorded just as Maduro's campaign--titled "Our 21st Century Venezuela"--was coming to an end. Dozens of avenues were flooded by h...

The people of Venezuela are preparing for the presidential election this upcoming Sunday. For years, the corporate media and the Washington-dominated opposition have spread lies about the legitimacy of Venezuela's elections. Despite U.S. sanctions and coup attempts, the people of Venezuela continue to protect The Bolivarian Revolution. Track Listing: [0:00] - TRN-KREZ Morning Show [1:24] - Is frau...

September 28, 2023 began in prayer and celebration and ended in an attempted mass shooting by Trump supporter Ryan Martinez. Relative defender Jacob Johns (Hopi and Akimel O'odham) was shot in the stomach by Martinez but miraculously survived. Nearly 10 months later, friends and comrades came together for the opening night of "Forward Movement," an art exhibition featuring the work of Johns and th...

[Producer's note: This is the first hour of the conversation. To listen to the entire episode , join our Patreon for as little as $2 a month to access our extensive catalog of bonus content and help support our work! You can also watch the full episode on our YouTube channel linked below]   Nick Estes (@nickwestes) , Elena Ortiz, and TRN Podcast producer Sina Rahmani (@UrOrientalist)  got together...

RPH is back! Co-hosts Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz return to discuss the reasons behind their recent hiatus, the right-wing surveillance and backlash against Red Nation content and organizing, and why making podcasts can be therapeutic. Watch the  video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel     The Red Nation Podcast is produced by Red Media and is sustained by comrades and supporter...

(Note: We had originally planned to keep part two behind the paywall, but there was such an enthusiastic response to this conversation between Nick and Max that we decided to unlock it. Thanks to everyone who signed up last week! You can help support our work and get access to the hundreds of hours of bonus content for as little as $2 a month.) The second half of the conversation between TRN Podca...

(Note: This is the first half of Nick's conversation with Max. For the second half, become a patron of Red Media . You can help support our work and get access to the hundreds of hours of bonus content for as little as $2 a month.) TRN Podcast host Nick Estes (@nickwestes) speaks with political ecologist  Max Ajl , author of  The People's Green New Dea l (2021), about his two part article , "Pales...

Freedom fighters across Turtle Island already know that today is the day of Leonard Peltier's parole hearing.  Leonard is now 79 years old. This is likely his last opportunity to be considered for parole. A decision is expected by mid-July. Today, millions across Mother Earth are collectively asking the US Parole Commission to recognize that enough is enough and finally grant Leonard Peltier his f...

TRN Podcast host Nick Estes (@nickwestes)  interviews writer and activist Tina Ngata (@tinangata) on the Kanak people's liberation struggle and the recent uprising against French colonial rule. Watch the episode  on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Learn more about the Kanaky uprising https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/05/21/maori-activist-on-new-caledonia-human-rights-should-not-be-subject-to-...

TRN Podcast host Nick Estes (@nickwestes)  welcomes Nick Tilsen (@nicktilsen) from NDN Collective back to the show to discuss Leonard Peltier's upcoming parole hearing and the international coalition fighting to get him released after almost five decades of incarceration for crimes he didn't commit. For more information on how to help Leonard's appeal https://freeleonard-peltier.com/act-now/ Send...

Marking the 76th year since the Nakba (Catastrophe), Nick Estes speaks to Frances Hasso (@nasawiyya)  about the history of the term, how Zionist settler colonial violence preceded and continued after the ethnic cleansing war of 1948, and how the Gaza genocide signals how close the liberation of Palestine really is. Check out Frances' website for her lecture from April 2024,  "Academic Feminisms an...

Jen and Justine reflect on how the "rap beef" flooding our screens is serving as a distraction from the escalating genocide of Palestinians, the global sex trade, domestic violence, and Drake's potential involvement in MMIW. Watch the  video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel  The Red Nation Podcast is produced by Red Media and is sustained by comrades and supporters like you. Power...

Mohamed Abdou teaches at Columbia University and has been active in the student-led encampment in solidarity with Gaza. Watch the  video edition  on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Follow Mohamed on Twitter  (@minuetinGmajor) or Instagram (@slightlydrifting) Sign the petition to help protect Mohamed from attacks on his job https://shorturl.at/CS235   The Red Nation Podcast is produced by Re...